Madeleine Goss

Bolero - the Life of Maurice Ravel Madeleine Goss

BOLERO THE LIFE OF MAURICE RAVEL by MADELEINE GOSS. Contents include: CHAPTER PAGE I. Bolero 1 II. Childhood on the Basque Coast . . 14 III. The Paris Conservatory in Ravel's Time 26 IV. He Begins to Compose .... 37 V. Gabriel Faure and His Influence on Ravel 48 VI. Failure and Success .... 62 VII. Les Apaches 74 VIII. The Music of Debussy and Ravel . . 87 IX. The Stories from Nature ... 100 X. The Lure of Spain 114 XL Ma Mere VOye 128 XII. Daphnis and Chloe 142 XIII. The Great Year of Ballets ... 156 XIV. Ravel Fights for France .... 170 XV. The Child and the Sorceries . . 185 XVI. Ravel's Home at Montfort-l'Amaury . 203' XVII. Concerts in America .... 216 XVIII. Last Compositions . 233 vii CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XIX. Simple, sans remords , . . . 248 XX. Finale 258 Acknowledgments 263 List of Ravel's Compositions . . . 265 Recordings of Ravel's Works . . 275 Bibliography 283 Source Notes 285 General Index 293 Index of Ravel's Compositions . . 301 Vlll ILLUSTRATIONS Maurice Ravel fronti